Window-shade bracket.



PATBNTED APR. 9, 1907.

s. POX. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21 1906.

A ORNE.

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UNITED sT rEs SAMUEL FOX, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed November 21, 1906. Serial No. 344,406.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Fox, a citizen of the United States, residingin Paterson, county of Passaic, State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improve ments in WVindow-Shade Brackets; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improvement inwindow-shadesupporting means which shall be capable of accommodatingvarious widths of shaderollers in a manner not necessitating the removalof the supporting means from-the woodwork, damage to which by changingtenants is thus avoided.

My arrangement of the constituent parts of the supporting means has beendevised with reference particularly to cheapness of manufacture,simplicity of construction, neatness in appearance, and facility ofadjustment, as will appear from this specification and the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view showing the supporting meansattached to a window-frame. Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation. Fig. 3is a vertical sectional view taken just to the left of the left-handbracket in Fig. 1 or Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a lan view of one part of amodified form 0 the invention, and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional viewof said modified form.

The essential parts of the device are a member a, a member b, means forsecuring member a to the woodwork, and means for adjustably securingmember I) to membera.

Member'a is. a plain metallic strip substantially straight in its bodyportion and having its ends turned off in the same direction at rightangles, as at c. The ends '0 are cut off straight, so that they may bearsquarely against a flat surface, such as that of the woodwork, member abeing secured in this position by screws d, which may be insertedthrough the member near its ends and driven into the woodwork. The ends0 thus cause the body portion of member a to stand off from the surfaceto which member a is attached.

Member 1) comprises the usual arm e, having a slot f or a hole 9,according to which trunnion of the shade-roller it is to accommodate.Said arm is formed integrally with the body portion h of this member,said body portion being a rebent part open at the bottom and having theportion t thereof imme diately joined to arm 6 and disposed at rightangles thereto. When the body portion h is slipped over the straightpart of member a, as is intended and as is shown in Fig. 3, owing to thefact that the body portion is made to fit member a and bear fairlysnugly against both the front and back surfaces thereof, member I) iscapable of sliding on member a and yet has a substantial support thereonagainst verticalstrain, as from the shade-roller.

The body portion projects below member a when in position thereon, and ashort bolt 76 is passed through its parts '11 and Z, m being a nut onthe bolt bearing against the back of part Z. member I) securely in anyposition on member a. In order to facilitate manipulating the bolt witha screw-driver, the nut is prevented from turning by a lip n, which projects from art Z at right angles thereto 0pposite one face of the nut.

Member 0, Fig. 4, which corresponds to member a of Figs. 1, 2, and 3,has a longitudinal slot 1). Member 9, Fig. 5, corresponding to member I)of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, has its body portion 1 disposed at right angles tothe arm 8 and carrying a bolt 25, which penetrates the slot p of member0 and carries a nut u, coacting with the bolt to clamp member Q tomember 0. o is a lip formed at the top of part 1" and overlapping bothmember 0 and nut to, serving to prevent member Q from turning on bolt tand the nut a from turning when bolt tis turned.

One feature of advantage of my improved shade-supporting means is thatit comprises relatively few parts and that such parts as are notpurchasable in any hardware store to wit, the members a and b may bestamped out of sheet-steel or the like in but two or three operations.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is I The combination of two members,one being the shade-roller-trunniell-receiving member and the other anelongated part on which the first-named member is slidablelongitudinally, said first-named member comprising The bolt and nutserve to clamp IIO a rebent part receiving the second-named member, abolt extending through the portions of said rebent part, and a nut onsaid bolt coacting therewith to clamp the rebent part of saidfirst-named member to the other member, one portion of said rebent parthaving a lip extending in close proximity to one edge of the nut,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this17th day of 10 November, 1906.

SAMUEL FOX.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWAipD, JOHN BENNETT.

